Babits goes bonkers, raises M45 vault record to 16-4¾!
This is getting insane. Paul Babits vaulted 4.94 (16-2 1/2) and then 5 meters (16-4 3/4) last Saturday at his Vault High indoor facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, says his Web site. He thus upped his own listed M45 world record of 4.90 (16-0 3/4) from March 2006. And he’s all of 47 years old, accounting for the incredible age-graded conversion of his latest mark. According to the WMA Age-Graded Tables, his 5.0 jump (see the video) is equivalent to an open mark of 6.06 (19-10 3/4). Paul’s PR is 18-5 1/4. Way to GO, Babco. Next on your list: the listed M45 outdoor record of 5.10 (16-8¾) by Larry Jessee in 1997. He’ll probably jump again this weeked — at Saturday’s RWB Open USATF Pole Vault Meet at the same site.
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Paul jumped a mere 16 feet at the Dec. 15 meet, according to results on his site:
http://www.polevaultcamps.com/id32.html
Amazing, still.
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